Dennis Kucinich, Syed Soharwardy, Shirlene McGovern And Charles Thompson

Those of you familiar with details of Ezra Levant’s battle with Canadian fascists. may recognize Syed Soharwardy as the Muslim bigot with neither the understanding of, or regard for, Free Speech. Soharwardy has found a brother in arms south of the border in Dennis Kucinich, who in turn has found his own private version of Shirlene McGovern in one Judge Charles Thompson, who has dared to order MSNBC who the network must include.

Levant had the courage to tell McGovern that he would not submit and told her to shove it, in a rather polite manner. Will MSNBC show they have the courage of a lone blogger and tell Thompson, in a polite manner, to shove it. If MSNBC has the balls of a sparrow, they would have Kucinich arrested for trespassing if he set foot on their property without their invitation.

If MSNBC had a least modicum of courage they ask all candidates their opinion on Free Speech. A pox on the house of MSNBC if they submit to this vile order of a tyrannical judge.

The fact that Kuchinich has the same respect for, and understanding of Free Speech, as does Soharwardy is all you really need to know about him as a candidate. A pox on Kuchinich as well.

More, Memeorandum.

Addendum I:  (David L)

MSNBC has filed an appeal,  Sabrina Eaton, Cleveland.com:

The NBC television network has asked Nevada’s Supreme Court to overturn a Clark County District Court judge’s decision that Cleveland’s Dennis Kucinich must be allowed to participate in tonight’s debate for Democratic presidential candidates.

In documents filed at the court this morning, the network asserted that it decided on Jan. 10 to change its debate participation criteria, and require that candidates have finished in the top three in either the Iowa Caucus or the New Hampshire Primary

[…]

In issuing his decision yesterday, Thompson said he was “somewhat offended that a legitimate candidate was invited to a debate and then uninvited.”

“If the criteria were established from the beginning that we’d only take the top three for the debates, I wouldn’t have any problem enforcing that,” Thompson said from the bench. “On the other hand, if the criteria was one set of rules and you changed the rules in the middle of the game to exclude somebody after having invited them, I’m offended by that

Funny, no legal rational for the decision was attributd to the State of Nevada.   Rather Thompson said he felt “offended.”   Have we became another Canada, where any thing which offends a judge is deemed illegal?

Addendum II: 

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment still was in effect in Nevada,  Brian Stelter, New York Times:

MSNBC had no immediate comment on the ruling. It will likely be described as a First Amendment victory by the news organization, as lawyers for NBC had argued that it had a right, as a privately owned network, to determine whom to invite to the debate. The network changed the criteria for participation in the debate after other candidates dropped out of the Democratic race for president last week.

A win for Free Speech and the Times is naturally disappointed.